Responsibilities

You have responsibilities under the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004. It is important to know your responsibilities as some offences carry penalties of up to $60,000 and possible imprisonment.

Some of your responsibilities include that:

all employees, volunteers, students and self-employed people who engage in child-related work have applied for a WWC Check or hold a current WWC Card;

you validate WWC Cards of any new employees, volunteers or students who already hold current WWC Cards from other child-related work they engage in;

all current WWC card holders renew their WWC Card before it expires if they are continuing to engage in child-related work;

notify the WWC Screening Unit if you reasonably suspect an employee, volunteer or student has been charged with or convicted of an offence which makes it inappropriate for them to engage in child-related work.